Shipping container



April 9 J. R. BELSINGER 2,346,456

SHIPPING CONTAINER Filed Jan. 29, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fw ezvrw? BB zw Patented Apr. 11,1944

2,346,466 SHIPPING CONTAINER Jack B. Belsinger, Atlanta, Ga... asslgnor to Belsinger, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.,-a corporation of Georgia Application January 29, 1942, Serial No. 428,768

- 1 Claim.

is formed of relatively heavy pulp boar'd material, such as fiber board, corrugated board or the like. In assembled condition for use, the container preferably consists of upper and lower end sections and a liner section which is adapted to telescope within the opposed peripheral walls of the end sections.

In the trade, there is an increasing demand for a container which is strong enough to be repeatedly used so asto effect a substantial saving of raw material. To be strong enough for this repeated use, such containers must usually be stitched or stapled and in many instances, the shipper does not possess stitching or stapling machines. Therefore, it is desirable to provide a shipping container which can be stitched at a central point, as by 'a box manufacturer, and then sent to a point at ,which the container is filled and shipped. In forwarding such containers from the box manufacturer to the filling and shippi Point. it is desirable to reduce the freight rates to a minimum and it is, therefore, one

of the'primary objects of the present invention to provide a strong shipping container for relatively heavy loads which container may be folded and shipped in a collapsed condition.

With this type of'container, various fillin and shipping points may be supplied by a single box manufacturer with minimum freight rates. Similarly, these containers can be repeatedly used by the shipper. Thus, goods may be shipped in the assembled container to a distributor and then returned to the original filling station for further filling and shipment. It is thus possible to effect a substantial saving of raw material and at the same time provide a container which is exceptionally strong and which is particularly Iadapted for the shipment of heavy loads.

01 course, the box manufacturer may ship unstitched containers in a knocked down fiat package in sions as the closing wall; of the end sections so as to further reduce the space occupied in shipping the empty container.

The invention still further aims to provide a shipping container of the above type wherein the liner section may serve to reinforce the foldable walls of the end sections and wherein the lading itself may also serve' this purpose when it is tightly packed within the liner section.

The above and other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will hereinafter b more fully pointed out.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the assembled container with parts broken away and shown in section. 1

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the separated end sections and liner section in folded or at least partially folded positions.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing one form of composite package of the end sections and the liner section.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing another form of composite package which can be formed with the end sections and the liner section.

According to the present invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, the

container is illustrated as including top and bottom end sections Ill, II, respectively, and a liner section i2. The top and bottom end sections are illustrated as being rectangular in cross section and identical with each other. In assembled position, the liner section 12 is adapted to fit within the peripheral walls of the end sections cases where the customer has a stitching maand to telescope therein, asshown in Figure 1. The end sections and the liner section are adapted to be folded so as to form a compact package of the form shown in Figures 3 or 4.

The top end section Ill is provided with a top closing wall l3 which is provided with side walls l4, l5 and end walls l6, l1. These side and end walls constitute the peripheral walls of the end section l0 and are formed integral with the closlng wall i 3 and folded at substantially right angles thereto. The entire end section Hi can be formed from an integral rectangular blank which is cut to provide the side and end walls and to provide reinforcing tabs or flaps Ha, l4b on the side wall 14 and also tabs or flaps I541, [5b on the side wall l5. As shown in Figure l, the flaps are folded inwardly to lie within the end walls l6, l1 and are secured thereto by staples It. The bottom end section II is identical in construction and is provided with a top closing wall 19 having integral side walls 20, 2|, and end walls 22, 23. The side wall 2| is provided with tabs or flaps 2ia, 2ib and similarly the side wall 20 is provided with fiaps 20a, 20b, these'fiaps being folded inwardly of the respective end walls and secured thereto by staples 24.

The liner section I2 is provided with'side walls April 11, 1944- I. E. BILLS ETAL 2,346,467

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